Nurse Manager (Mental Health) – Relocation to Australia

Central Queensland Hospital and Health Service
Relocation package available
VISA Sponsorship and support provided

Searching for 2x Nurse Managers to lead our Mental Health Acute Care Team and our Child and Youth Mental Health Service.

Status Permanent Full Time

Salary $130,149 – $135,803 p.a.

Total Package Up to $154,946 p.a.

Unit/Facility Central Queensland Mental Health, Alcohol and Other Drugs Service

Location Rockhampton

Contact Ngari Bean ()

Job Ad Reference RK3E490298

Central Queensland Mental Health, Alcohol and Other Drugs Service (CQMHAODS)
CQMHAODS provides specialist mental health, substance and alcohol related care to residents of Rockhampton, Yeppoon, Gladstone, Biloela, Moura, Woorabinda and Central Highlands districts and adult patients of the Central West Hospital and Health Service (catchments in excess of a population of 250,000).

Rockhampton is the principal service centre for this area and as such provides the medical coverage, professional supervision, and administration of the _Mental Health Act, 2016_, support for accreditation and implementation of programs as well as acute inpatient facilities for the Central Queensland Mental Health teams.

The Opportunity
Lead and manage a multidisciplinary Mental Health Team within an integrated service and to provide advanced clinical leadership and expertise in strategic, operational and human resource management utilising a well-developed level of clinical knowledge, problem solving skills and experience of complex contemporary clinical practice standards to ensure optimal clinical outcomes for consumers.

Proactively advocate for lead programs on issues such as resource allocation, service improvement, service development, and policy development utilising high level negotiation and conflict management skills within an ethical legislative framework.

The Nurse Manager role works in collaboration with the CQMHAODS Clinical Team and wider CQ Health program team to support the Mental Health Services in provision of safe quality healthcare through exemplary clinical standards of practice for the specialty of Mental Health.

Autonomy
The Nurse Grade 7 is a Registered Nurse who:

Demonstrates an advanced level of autonomous clinical and professional practice.
Demonstrates an advanced level of decision making in collaboration with a multi-disciplinary team.
Undertakes operational leadership.
Works collectively to apply the principles of clinical governance.
Applies professional and clinical expertise in collaboration with nursing and midwifery and multi- disciplinary stakeholders.
Takes responsibility for enacting strategies that supports a work-based culture than promotes and supports education, learning, research and workforce development.

Context

This role has an operational reporting line to the Director of Community Programs and Allied Health (CQMHAODS) and professional reporting line to the Nursing Director.
This role will work directly with provision of clinical expertise in patient care within the Manager Mental Health Acute Services clinical area.
This role has financial (band 15) and human resource (band 7) delegations.
Provides clinical and specialist area governance of mental health community based acute care practice across the Hospital and Health Service (HHS) in conjunction with the Clinical Director, Specialist Medical Officer and other Team/Nurse Managers.

Total Package

Relocation package available
VISA sponsorship and assistance
12.75% employer superannuation contribution
Annual leave loading 17.5% (4 weeks annual leave)
Professional development allowance
Salary packaging Professional development leave
Work/life balance, variety, and flexibility
Employee Assistance Program

The Role

Fulfil the responsibilities of this role in accordance with Schedule 2, Nurses and Midwives (Queensland Health Award) (2015) – Generic Level Statements (GLS) Nurse Grade 7 and the Queensland Health and CQHHS commitments and values, in achievement of the organisational goals and Domains of Practice.

The essential requirements for this role are:
Domain of Practice 1: Direct Comprehensive Care of Provision of Direct Care

Accountable for Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (NMBA) and own standards, actions and the outcomes of own nursing/midwifery practice, professional advice given and for activities delegated to a Registered Nurse/Registered Midwife, Enrolled Nurse or unregulated healthcare worker.
Demonstrate advanced application of clinical and professional leadership.
Accountable for the delivery of safe clinical practice and professional advice.
Work collaboratively with peers and others to create a positive practice environment that achieves best practice outcomes for recipients of healthcare services.
Contribute to organisational key objectives and performance indicators.
Accountable for outcomes and achievement of service performance targets.
Demonstrate advanced specialist knowledge experience and clinical skills in a particular area of expertise.
Demonstrate critical thinking and reasoning, advanced problem-solving skills and expert clinical judgement.
Demonstrate advanced knowledge and application of contemporary nursing/midwifery practice and theory.
Lead the application and evaluation of contemporary human, material and financial resource management for the multidisciplinary environment.
Provide leadership in professional decision-making through the application of advanced clinical knowledge and skills.
Coordinate clinical practice delivery in a clinical specialty or area of expertise.
Participate directly or indirectly in the delivery of clinical care to individuals/groups in a specialty area of clinical practice.
Use evidence-based clinical practice to facilitate positive outcomes for recipients of healthcare services.
Integrate and translate the principles of contemporary nurse/midwifery education into practice.

Domain of Practice 2: Support of Systems

Integrate key objectives from the CQ Health strategic plan into service delivery for CQMHAODS.
Promote and support a culture of continuous quality improvement.
Undertake supervision and act as a role model and/or mentor.
Adhere to established guidelines, protocols, procedures, standards and systems of work as set by the organisation.
Coordinate, develop, implement, translate and evaluate clinical practice standard guidelines, procedures and protocols using an evidence-based approach.
Advise and contribute to the application of information systems to improve clinical practice environment inform decision-making.
Maintain the safety of recipients of healthcare services and staff by fostering safe work standards within the clinical practice environment.
Consult with and provide expert nursing/midwifery advice to achieve integrated care within health services.
Responsible for the implementation of a quality and risk management framework to improve quality of care and work environment.
Respond to emerging trends in healthcare services in consultation with other relevant stakeholders.
Responsible for compliance with professional standards.
Initiate and conduct quality improvement activities.
Coordinate and guide mentoring, preceptorship, role modelling and promote cooperation and collaborative teamwork.
Provide leadership and act as a clinical resource, advisor, mentor, role model, technical expert, to Registered Nurses/Registered Midwives, Enrolled Nurses and members of multi-disciplinary team.
Provide clinical supervision, mentorship and professional leadership to Registered Nurses/Registered Midwives and Enrolled Nurses.
Apply the principles of succession management and mentoring to involve colleagues in ongoing career development and growth.
Lead and coordinate a nursing/midwifery team and/or healthcare team and oversees and provide clinical support or relevant expertise.
May work across professional and organisational boundaries to influence health service and/or professional outcomes.
Lead change management processes.
Participate in innovation, monitor and report on the impact of change within the scope of the position and service.

Domain of Practice 3: Education

Develop and encourage a learning environment by mentoring and promoting team development and individual capacity building.
Participate in the development and sustainability in the culture of learning resulting in a capable and educated nursing/midwifery workforce.
Support education and research to promote innovation specific to healthcare trends, to promote patient and service outcomes within the scope of their position.
Promote engagement by self and others in professional development and maintain own professional development portfolio.
Lead and coordinate education activities to build expertise and capability within the nurse and midwifery workforce.
Exhibit educational leadership and expertise in determining learning needs and mechanisms to foster a culture of learning in the workplace.
Translate evidence into practice to foster achievement of best practice outcomes.

Domain of Practice 4: Research

Engage in quality initiative and research projects to inform practice change.
Use contemporary information, research evidence, personal knowledge and experience to support decision making.
Contribute to the development of unique body of knowledge and translates it into practice.
Action policy and evidence-based research for application.

Domain of Practice 5: Professional Leadership
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